Background

Pedestal was the name for a frontend framework create by Cognitect. They deprecated that framework and used the name for a small piece of it that was libraries for backend web servers, which is now under development. So Pedestal now is a set of libraries for web development. Watch this Webcast for background.

Om is a library in ClojureScript created by David Nolen. It is a wrapper around React, which is Facebook’s library for manipulating the DOM in a functional way. Watch David Nolen’s talk for a good introduction.

core.async is a library that brings Communicating Sequential Processes to Clojure and ClojureScript. A great talk on it is one by Rich Hickey.

Why it matters

I’ve said before that I like experience reports. This one will also combine it with live coding, which is exciting. Live coding is always a risk. This talk will combine four of the major components Clojure brings to the table, which are all very powerful in their own right. What will happen when their powers combine?

Eric Normand

Eric Normand is an experienced functional programmer, trainer, speaker, writer, and consultant on all things FP. He started writing Lisp in 2000 and is now a Clojure expert, producing the most comprehensive suite of Clojure training material at PurelyFunctional.tv. He has a popular Clojure newsletter and blog. He also consults with companies to use functional programming to better serve business objectives. You can find him speaking internationally at programming conferences.